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Can I extend a house in Bromley?

Our fullest area. A large borough of suburban houses, with Green Belt and countryside to the south.

Places people mean include Bromley, Orpington, Beckenham, Penge, Petts Wood, Biggin Hill, Chislehurst.

Before you offer in Bromley, or before you talk to an architect or planning consultant, the usual questions are a rear extension, a loft with a rear dormer, a side extension, and a garage conversion.

Bromley town, Beckenham and Chislehurst have conservation areas. Many residential roads do not. Towards Keston, Biggin Hill and the southern edge, Green Belt starts to matter. Two houses with the same outward code can sit under different rules.

For two-storey work, Bromley decisions often talk about a gap of about a metre at the side, and about the new part looking smaller than the main house. That is a local habit, not a national law. Check the wording in force.

This is the area where we already have the most worked examples, including the Orpington sample. It is still about that address, not a score for the whole borough.

What you could probably build

Before you offer, or before you talk to an architect or planning consultant, enter the address. We check what was approved and refused on similar homes nearby. You get a simple report, with a verdict for each common job, such as a rear extension or a loft conversion.

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Questions

Check with your council. Rules change, and every house is different.